Ukrainian Catholic Church Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Many years ago I can recall sitting in my classroom having just completed teaching for the week. In Perth, during February, summers are hot and trying. During that particular summer the ceiling fans struggled to cycle the oppressive air. The ...

The world we live in has changed a lot in the past 10-15 years. It has been changing from its’ creation, but when it comes to the level of faith, belief, moral life, social behaviour, the last 10-15 years has ...

About 100 bishops from Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the Pacific met in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on 11th to 17th April 2018. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State (second in rank to Pope Francis) ...

Presented at the Assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania, Port Moresby, April 15th 2018 by Bishop Vincent Long of Parramatta. INTRODUCTION: Thank you for the opportunity to share with you a few thoughts on the challenges ...

Today we are celebrating and thanking God for a Priestly vocation. God spoke to Zenon Chorkawyj, as young man, and asked him to follow Him, to feed His sheep, to pastor His flock, to bring the good news to those ...

Christ has Risen.  Indeed He has Risen. During the Great Fast (Lent) period, having reflected upon the life of Christ Incarnate, I have appreciated more fully that his lived life as one of us, was not that different to ours. ...

Most Reverend Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Brothers and Sisters in Monastic and Religious Life, Dearly Beloved Laity in Christ of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Christ is Risen! David, ancestor of the Lord, danced and made ...

Pastoral letter of his Beatitude Sviatoslav to priests on Holy Thursday  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe ...

Pastoral letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to Youth on Palm Sunday Here I am, for you called me. 1 Sam 3:5 Beloved in Christ Youth in Ukraine and abroad! Palm Sunday, the day of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, is ...

Christ is Risen. Indeed He is Risen. My soul is consumed with longing for your law at all times. (Ps. 119:20) Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the 119th Psalm, we are reminded that God’s Law is a liberating ...

The Rt Rev Zenon Chorkawyj was born on the 5th February, 1936 in the Ternopil Region of Western Ukraine. In April 1944, during the Nazi German occupation of Ukraine, he was taken with his parents to Metman, in Germany, to ...